Johnny Manziel watches action between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat during the second half in Game 2 of the NBA basketball finals on Sunday.

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Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today

We can draw many parallels between Johnny Manziel and Tim Tebow: their celebrated college careers, their Heisman Trophies, the intense media interest they bring and the passionate fans that followed them as they began their NFL careers.

But none of those connections really have that much to do with actual NFL football. Or so I thought until showing up for the first day of the Browns' mandatory minicamp to see the competition between Manziel and veteran Brian Hoyer, a three-game starter last year who is in the final stages of recovering ...